Vaccines and autism: Separating fact from fiction

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The 'rise in autism' is associated with better understanding of autism, more standardized diagnostic criteria, and more widespread awareness of the condition. In other words, autism isn't happening more frequently, it's just being accurately diagnosed more frequently. Prior to the 1980's, severe nonverbal autism was just as likely to be diagnosed as juvenile schizophrenia or mental retardation, and less severe autism was frequently diagnosed as 'behavior problems'.

If you actually think that the only evidence for the efficacy of vaccines is 'little graphs' showing correlation between vaccines and disease reduction, then I don't even know what to say to you. Go read...like, basically any scientific article on the topic. Actual peer-reviewed academic journals, I mean, not the latest Popular Science article or Jenny McCarthy's newest book. You are scientifically illiterate, and your son is going to suffer for it.

I love how they scream "Correlation doesn't equal causation" at the tops of their lungs when the ONLY evidence that vaccines ever prevented a disease is correlative evidence. So our little graphs of correlation between the rise in autism with the rise of vaccines don't mean anything but your little graphs of correlation between vaccination and disease reduction is the same exact thing. My son will never be vaccinated.

Our son developed normally until his 13 month round of vaccines. He developed a fever that lasted a few days. Within 2 week, he stopped walking, talking, and doing anything except sitting and rocking. He is 11 now and still doesn't talk. How can anyone say such an immediate change after a series of shots is coincidence is just ignorance.

i never have any vaccine as a baby, we do not vaccinate here. no children die when they are sleeping as babies, no children are mentally disabled. they are healthy. the people come with the vaccines, and they hide the children, because we do not vaccinate, so we immediately notice when the children get sick and die after vaccines. They say they are good thing but if they are good why are your children so sick? And our children are so healthy? We get these diseases, and we fight them. Our children will be strong. Vaccines make weak babies who get sick and infections and have mental illness.

I'm sorry but people need to see the other side and this is so biased. I'm reading through the comments and I can see that a great deal of people would agree. Vaccines are NOT perfectly safe. And acting like they are infallible god like objects that must simply have no side effects or ability to cause any problems, is beyond ignorant. Those of you who deny that this is not a possibility need to stop. For the sake of your children, you need to suck it up, and stop being bull headed for them. You need to accept that neurological disorders, seizure disorders, autoimmune disorders, and death are all possible side effects of a vaccine. And when your child is part of that supposed "1/1,000,000" you will wish you had at least prepared yourself for the possibility that this CAN AND DOES HAPPEN.

1. Male or Female - display a propensity to masculinity.
2. Conceive a child with someone like you whose hormones will promote hyper-masculinity. This may be observed in Male-brain size/and or elevated testosterone in amniocentesis fluid.
3. Introduce a known toxin like ethyl mercury or similar into the elevated testosterone mix. Damage neurons, impair the Central Nervous System.
4 Observe delayed development, impaired functions such as speech, communication and motor controls.
5. Get diagnosis of autism.

That lists contains only six premises into a diagnosis of autism. I will remove any one or all upon receipt of proof that this claim is invalid.

Here are videos that hundreds and hundreds of parents have taken in response to the assumption that "vaccines do not cause autism" JUST BECAUSE THEY CALL IT AUTISM INSTEAD OF "VACCINE INJURY" Does not change what it is!!!!!!! Please watch these testimonies from parents like you and me who have nothing to gain but spreading the message of their injured children. These people have to live with this for the rest of their lives! Please watch these videos before you do too!

I'm sorry but this is wrong. My cousin was vaccinated with the MMR and he had a seizure before leaving the hospital. He experienced encephalitis, and regressed from all the seizures. He is now labeled "autistic". But I know what he really is, he is a vaccine injured child and they do exist. All over the world, millions of them. Dead babies from sids, kids banging their heads on the ground to try and relieve the horrible pain in their heads from encephalitis like my cousin. His doctors acknowledged that he had a vaccine reaction, and he is medically exempt from any more vaccines. Vaccines CAN AND DO CAUSE WHAT IS FALSELY LABELED AUTISM!!!

My children are not allowed to play with unvaccinated children. I agree that unvaxed children should not attend regular school and should be homeschooled because diseases spread so easily. People think vaccines are evil but they don't cause or have ANYTHING to do with autism and severe reactions are very rare. I would never choose a disease for a child but I'd rather have an autistic child than one with meningitis, measles, or diphtheria. Jenny McCarthy and anyone else who says vaccines cause autism is an absolute IDIOT! The reasons diseases are coming back is because parents would rather not deal with vaccinating their kids. So unless you plan to homeschool and keep your kid in a bubble, you need to vaccinate.

It has been proven multiple times that vaccines don't cause autism!!! Get your kids vaccinated. Use common sense, dude! It's not fair that other people catch an illness from an unvaccinated child because their parents are stupid and scared of autism. Good grief!

For those of you that think there is no risk of your child contacting a disease, think again. Our society depends on heard immunity for us all to be safe, but so many people are choosing not to vaccinate we are all at risk and diseases that were once nearly eradicated are coming back http://pediatrics.about.com/od/measles/a/measles-outbreaks.htm

It is a sad coincidence that autism is easier to notice around 12 months than earlier in life because of the milestones children should be achieving. Please think it through carefully. Space them out if you want, but don't skip vaccinations.

I am tired of people getting so butthurt when they read articles that suggest an idea they've been convinced not to agree with. I will not be getting my baby vaccinated with mmr....period. The last known case was in 98. And the others were in other countries. I think the risks outweigh the benefits. Also, a flu shot while pregnant is simply pointless.

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